End of Daylight Saving Time in Europe (29 October 2017)
Please note that Daylight Saving Time ends in Europe on Sunday 29 October 2017 but our MT4 server time is NOT changing until Sunday 5 November 2017 (when Daylight Saving Time ends in the US).
This means that there will be 1 week (29 October through 3 November 2017) where some markets will open 1 hour earlier in GMT time (i.e. FX market will open at 21:01 GMT instead of 22:01 GMT; commodities will open at 22:01 GMT, etc.).
| Instrument | Trading Hours |
| FX | 21:05 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 21:01 daily) |
| DARWINS | 21:05 Sun – 21:00 Fri (except 21:00 – 21:01 daily) |
| COMMODITIES | |
| Gold | 22:01 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 20:59 – 22:01 daily) |
| Silver | 22:00 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 22:00 daily) |
| Platinum | 22:00 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 22:00 daily) |
| Palladium | 22:00 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 22:00 daily) |
| US Crude | 22:00 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 22:00 daily) |
| Natural Gas | 22:00 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 22:00 daily) |
| INDICES | |
| Australia 200 | 22:00 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 22:00 daily) |
| Europe 50 | 22:00 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 22:00 daily) |
| France 40 | 22:00 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 22:00 daily) |
| Germany 30 | 07:00 – 21:00 (Mon – Fri) |
| Spain 35 | 07:00 – 19:00 (Mon – Fri) |
| Japan 225 | 22:00 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 22:00 daily) |
| UK 100 | 22:00 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 22:00 daily) |
| US SPX 500 | 22:00 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 22:00 daily) |
| US Tech 100 | 22:00 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 22:00 daily) |
| Wall Street 30 | 22:00 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 22:00 daily) |
Trading hours will return to normal on Sunday 5th November 2017, allowing for the daily candle to close at the end of trading in New York each day which is widely considered the end of the trading day.
As always, at info@darwinex.com we’ll be glad to assist you with any question you may have!
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